Kid-friendly places in Salzburg
Haus der Natur
Natural history museum with dinosaurs at the door, an aquarium, a reptile zoo and a hands-on science center.
Hellbrunn Trick Fountains
Palace gardens full of 400-year-old trick fountains that spray visitors when they least expect it, plus a water-powered mechanical theatre.
Hohensalzburg Fortress
Hilltop fortress reached by a one-minute funicular, with a puppet museum where kids try the marionettes and views over the whole city.
Mirabell Gardens
Free baroque gardens with the marble dwarf garden and the fountain from the Do-Re-Mi scene in The Sound of Music.
Salzburg Zoo
Zoo at the foot of the cliffs with rhinos and zebras, lemurs that roam free and a climbing playground with a sandpit.
Salzwelten Hallein
Salt mine tour in miners' overalls, with a train ride in, two long wooden slides down and a raft across an underground lake.